On Linux, sure. On OpenBSD Apache runs chrooted as a non-priv account. Anyhow, that's just one example to thousands of successful running embedded things. Embedded things tend to use small processes to run things. Apache on an embedded webcam is gross overkill when tinyhttp would work just fine.
WTF? Once in a while I like to blow 300 bucks at the titty bar.
20 years ago it was easy for me to spend 3-4 nights a week at the pub, crawl home at 2 AM, sleep ~5 hours and get to work somewhat refreshed. Now (at 39) I can stay out once a month until 10 PM, sleep ~6 hours and get to work feeling like a bag of shit.
Note that in the above program, there is no "grandstand / justify / brag to a blogger" statement.
I don't think they are bragging, it's calculated PR. Their responses are worded to present a "nice boy who did wrong" image of themselves. I think the hope is that people read the blog and feel for them which leads to bad PR for Apple and Apple goes easy on them or drops it altogether.
One day Hitachi invented a 500 gigabyte drive.
The RIAA said "The public is evil, that's 100,000 5 MB MP3s!" Then
the MPAA cried "The public is evil, that's over seven hundred 700 MB xvid movies!" So their lobbyists went to Washington to get these high capacity
drives made illegal. And their shareholders lived happily ever after.
Maybe not by HP directly but by a media marketting firm contracted to them, perhaps. Oh yes, the Philips player I mentioned in my post was bought at Best Buy for
from the article, emphasis mine: Hewlett-Packard and Philips said
Wednesday that they have developed a content-protection system for DVDs,
designed to protect users from burning "protected" DTV
broadcasts.
How on earth does this "protect users"? It only tries
to protect the bottom line of media megacorporations. Being manufacturers of
the physical drive units I don't doubt they may try backtracking and
manufacturing drives for stand-alone DVD players which only play +R(W)
media, too, thus locking out the -R(W) media which won't work with this new
scheme.[0]
Fortunately the general public seems to be getting more
tech savvy (the refusal to accept Circuit City's Divx scheme, rising
awareness of spyware and solutions, etc) so hopefully people will see this
as it is: a money grab.
[0] - a bit of irony on Philips part there I
think; I just picked up a Philips DVP642 DVD player which can also play divx
and xvid on cdr/dvdr/etc. Surely they know the great bulk of those are
downloaded.
Yup, if the employer is paying for the email service then the
employer can go through your email. Hopefully the ship-jumpers greed will
cost themselves "tons of moula". Like the old saying goes
"dogs don't shit where they eat."
I thought of that actually. They could have the audio spooled to the remote locations and have them recite the question at the same time, again thanks to NTP.
Roland P. gets ad revenue. Lisa G. may only be an employee but having a popular story makes you a star in the boss' eye. A guy named Richard Shirk did the same thing for his online rag suck.com years ago as he trolled usenet.
Lisa Gade writes [...] We at pdabuyersguide.com [...] (if you can live with Windows rather than Linux)!"
Interesting, Lisa. Nowhere in your article do I see the word "Linux" but you throw it into your synopsis. Was that for the benefit slashdot to make you cool?
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So if I spray that on my tinfoil hat and run a couple of leads to my laptop I could have unlimited power!
On Linux, sure. On OpenBSD Apache runs chrooted as a non-priv account. Anyhow, that's just one example to thousands of successful running embedded things. Embedded things tend to use small processes to run things. Apache on an embedded webcam is gross overkill when tinyhttp would work just fine.
Shell-less user accounts? You can't log in to them.
WTF? Once in a while I like to blow 300 bucks at the titty bar.
20 years ago it was easy for me to spend 3-4 nights a week at the pub, crawl home at 2 AM, sleep ~5 hours and get to work somewhat refreshed. Now (at 39) I can stay out once a month until 10 PM, sleep ~6 hours and get to work feeling like a bag of shit.
Ah the ravages of age...
Good catch, eagle eye!
Note that in the above program, there is no "grandstand / justify / brag to a blogger" statement.
I don't think they are bragging, it's calculated PR. Their responses are worded to present a "nice boy who did wrong" image of themselves. I think the hope is that people read the blog and feel for them which leads to bad PR for Apple and Apple goes easy on them or drops it altogether.
Automation will free us from mindless, boring, and/or dangerous work, permitting us more leisure time to devote to more interesting pursuits.
That is of benefit to small percentage of the world's population. I'd wager the people sewing sneakers for Nike don't care.
how do you fix embedded devices?
Shouldn't be much of an issue, most embedded devices don't have user accounts.
"How to build a website almost rivaling Geocities in how horrible it looks like"
Nahhh, I don't think Wired is close yet. Wait until they start embedding MIDI music and have l337 animated flaming skulls. Then we can talk.
Good tagline for that "New Scientist: Bringing you last weeks Register news through yesterdays Slashdot... Today!
Heh, good one.
Don't worry, a fix is coming. EA has a few employees working overtime this weekend.
One day Hitachi invented a 500 gigabyte drive. The RIAA said "The public is evil, that's 100,000 5 MB MP3s!" Then the MPAA cried "The public is evil, that's over seven hundred 700 MB xvid movies!" So their lobbyists went to Washington to get these high capacity drives made illegal. And their shareholders lived happily ever after.
The End
Maybe not by HP directly but by a media marketting firm contracted to them, perhaps. Oh yes, the Philips player I mentioned in my post was bought at Best Buy for
from the article, emphasis mine: Hewlett-Packard and Philips said Wednesday that they have developed a content-protection system for DVDs, designed to protect users from burning "protected" DTV broadcasts.
How on earth does this "protect users"? It only tries to protect the bottom line of media megacorporations. Being manufacturers of the physical drive units I don't doubt they may try backtracking and manufacturing drives for stand-alone DVD players which only play +R(W) media, too, thus locking out the -R(W) media which won't work with this new scheme.[0]
Fortunately the general public seems to be getting more tech savvy (the refusal to accept Circuit City's Divx scheme, rising awareness of spyware and solutions, etc) so hopefully people will see this as it is: a money grab.
[0] - a bit of irony on Philips part there I think; I just picked up a Philips DVP642 DVD player which can also play divx and xvid on cdr/dvdr/etc. Surely they know the great bulk of those are downloaded.
The music industry will not allow Apple or anyone else to sell digital music online without DRM.
Uh... emusic.com sells you plain ol' MP3s at a decent bitrate. No DRM whatsoever.
Yup, if the employer is paying for the email service then the employer can go through your email. Hopefully the ship-jumpers greed will cost themselves "tons of moula". Like the old saying goes "dogs don't shit where they eat."
Is it available for the RIM? That's how these people were nailed.
Yeah but a 60" rear projection is not a 60" CRT. Read the grandparent post again.
Here you go: big-screen television. And don't those things have built-in wheels?
I thought big-screen TVs were just read projection units and not actual CRTs. No?
All Slashdotters from this day forward should boycott all EA produced software.
What, by not downloading those torrents?
I thought of that actually. They could have the audio spooled to the remote locations and have them recite the question at the same time, again thanks to NTP.
Similar but different.
Roland P. gets ad revenue. Lisa G. may only be an employee but having a popular story makes you a star in the boss' eye. A guy named Richard Shirk did the same thing for his online rag suck.com years ago as he trolled usenet.
Lisa Gade writes [...] We at pdabuyersguide.com [...] (if you can live with Windows rather than Linux)!"
Interesting, Lisa. Nowhere in your article do I see the word "Linux" but you throw it into your synopsis. Was that for the benefit slashdot to make you cool?
Sync the clocks with NTP and have the first click win. A small delay while the machines poll each other wouldn't be out of order.